Last man in Edenville theft ring sentenced

By the Midland Daily News

Published
6:01 am EDT, Sunday, May 13, 2012

The final man charged in the case of a stolen property ring centered in Edenville Township has been sentenced.

Fred Andrew Burlingame, 32, Rhodes, was sentenced to between 14 months and 15 years in prison for two counts of resisting and obstructing police and an habitual fourth offender status. Midland County Circuit Court Judge Michael J. Beale conducted the sentencing recently, and credited Burlingame with 233 days served. Beale also did not object to Burlingame participating in a prison boot camp program.

Burlingame was represented by Midland attorney Dan Duke, who was appointed to the case.

When the culprits of the stolen property ring were caught in the fall, Midland County deputies found numerous stolen items -- including thousands of dollars worth of construction equipment, power tools and saws, mechanical items, swords, speakers, boats, trailers, a quad and a motorcycle -- and the makings of a meth lab at an Ingham Drive home.

Two others were charged in connection with the case -- the man considered to be the ringleader, Charles Shelton Jennell, 58, Edenville Township, who was sentenced to three to 15 years in prison after a plea which also involved prosecutors not filing a charge of continuing a criminal enterprise; and Philip Martin Hinson, 31, Auburn, who was sentenced to nine months in the Midland County Jail with credit for 100 days on a charge of receiving and concealing stolen property valued between $1,000 and $20,000.